Top 10 biggest bodybuilders
For most of us, lifting weights and exercising are things that we do to lose weight, gain strength and tone our bodies. Bodybuilders take it to a whole new level, following rigorous diets and exercise routines to create and maintain muscle hypertrophy, a state in which the muscle cells increase in size and create bulk.
How does a 97-pound weakling become the World's Most Perfectly Developed Man, as Charles Atlas did? Through the sport known as bodybuilding. Here are 10 of the greatest, most well-known bodybuilders to grace the stage.
- Eugen Sandow: Many historians consider him to be the father of modern bodybuilding. Eugen discovered that crowds were more interested in the movements of his muscles than a basic strongman routine. He began moving in different poses and flexing his muscles for the audience, which his manager Florenz Ziegfeld called "muscular display performances."
- John Grimek: Grimek's body has been described as different from other bodybuilders of his era -- his muscles were tighter, he was more sinewy, and he had a "glow" about him. Because of his skin tone, Grimek became known as "The Glow" during his bodybuilding career. The "glow" must have worked, Grimek never lost a bodybuilding competition.
- Rachel McLish: Rachel McLish won the inaugural Ms. Olympia competition in 1980. She helped to grow the sport for women as she had a very feminine physique while also being muscular.
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